Complicated souls

Originally inspired by "Live for Today" by The Grass Roots
...though this poem has a much different message, I should think.

All the choices I'm making They complicate my mind All these chances I'm taking My success has been fined I think of all the people the lives they're leading on Some sliding down the pole Some just as they had drawn I tell them all I care 'Leave insecurities behind' I promise, no, I swear I never press rewind I don't know if they believe They can't accept my claim It's easier to grieve The guilt that fueled the shame

I think of all the people Who complicate their minds Some have lost their soul I think I'm losing mine

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